First reading

The vote will be taken tomorrow at 5 p.m.

In my opinion, they were totally unnecessary in view of the Commission's proposals.

That only took place on Tuesday.

RIPA DI MEANA, Member of the Commission. (IT) Mr President, before examining the proposed amend ments in detail it is appropriate to remember that at the first reading numerous amendments were put down by the European Parliament to the text proposed by the Commission in 1988.

I never forget my first multicultural reading, in Harvard Square about 10 years ago.

We ought to cheer that. The economy needs new trained workers.

Where the cooperation procedure is involved, Parliament has specific rights of amendment and it is in those areas above all that we are entitled to have our say.

At first reading, the European Parliament approved the Commission's proposal without amendment.

However, I can also accept Amendments Nos 25, 34 and 35.

Mr Anastassopoulos said that in addition to fine words positive determination is necessary.

The European Parliament shall adopt its position at first reading and communicate it to the Council.4.

But we in Europe, if we adopt these rules, will be forcing more than 2 million firms to meet disclosure and publication requirements of a kind which are met in Japan and the USA by only a rapidly dwindling number.

The European Parliament welcomed this Commission proposal at first reading on 19 May.

Letter amending the draft general budget for the 1991 financial year at first reading (Doc. C3 418 90)

If Economic and Monetary Union is to succeed, an all embracing macroeconomic frame of reference must therefore be created for all those responsible for the implementation of policy at European and national level.

BROK (PPE). (DE) Mr President, I think our sincere thanks are due to the rapporteur for the immense amount of work he has done in the past few months and for his most cooperative and helpful attitude.

When it conducted its second reading of the draft 1991 budget, the Council maintained the amount entered at the time of its first reading since no new legislative provision had come into force at that time.

Part of this material was given as the first lecture of the Mount Haemus Award series.

At first reading the European Parliament adopted a total of 65 amendments to the Commission s original proposal.

The damage inflicted on agriculture in Greece and the other Mediterranean countries, including the President in Officc's own country of Italy, by the drought has been catastrophic, and there are two points that I feel I must persist on.

For the countries hardest hit by the Gulf crisis the Council has decided on Community aid amounting to ECU 550 million. The letter of amendment therefore

Last Reading Access

Today's arraignment hearing offers the defendant his first opportunity to state his case personally.

The Council shall inform the European Parliament fully of the reasons which led it to adopt its position at first reading.

As has already been pointed out, but for his patience, his diplomacy and his firmness, I do not think we would be here today to debate and approve the second reading of the budget.

And now to the unforeseeable, where on behalf of the Budget Committee which discussed this at great length yesterday, I would like to ask one question, make one request and put one proposal.

C3 142 90 SYN 129) with a view to the adoption of a directive on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (Rapporteur Mr Pronk)

If the Council does not approve the European Parliament's position, it shall adopt its position at first reading and communicate it to the European Parliament.

It is going too far, it seems to me, to put the European Central Bank in charge of implementing and interpreting legislation on supervision of banking activities, since in many countries responsibility for this is shared between the politicial authorities and the central bank.

We recommend this approach to the House at its first reading of the 1991 budget.

I know that everybody in this House recognizes that our first reading does not include the appropriations that are necessary for the new German Lander.

This is a problem because Parliament does not know whethet we are now following the consultation or the first reading pro cedure.

Nevertheless, fortunately the Interinstitutional Agreement and its financial perspectives do exist.

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rejects, by a majority of its component members, the Council's position at first reading, the proposed act shall be deemed not to have been adopted

The Commission cannot therefore accept amendments nos. 9, 14, 15, 20, 21, 26, 27 and 28.

In Category 5 both the repayments to Spain and Portugal and administrative expenditute need to be considered.

I tried to focus my attention on reading.

Don't read too much into this.

Open in read only mode

Read from Valgrind process failed.

Unification will have repercussions which we shall have to meet with clarity of thought, competence and appropriate action.

The type of agreement is often not very clear and not homogeneous.